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In those tapes, Diana recalled her growing suspicion that Charles and Camilla were still having an emotional affair: she discovered a personalized bracelet that Charles had bought for Camilla shortly before the wedding.
Diana wanted to call off the wedding, but her sisters talked her out of it. Later, on their honeymoon, Charles wore cufflinks that Camilla had gifted him. Bedell Smith pinpoints as the year that Charles and Camilla resumed their affair. News trickled out in the British tabloid press at the time about the affair with Hewitt, which lasted for five years between and A year after a book was written detailing her relationship with Hewitt, Diana herself confirmed the affair in the world-famous Panorama interview, which has recently been back in the headlines in Britain.
Newspapers also linked Diana romantically to several other men during her marriage to Charles, some of whom were married, including art dealer Oliver Hoare, her bodyguard Barry Mannakee, and a car dealer named James Gilbey. According to Brown, Camilla did not see Diana as a threat.
But she also thought Diana was someone whom she could manipulate. It was with Camilla Parker Bowles that he sought consolation for his grief. Indeed, Camilla was the only person to whom he could talk about anything.
She was his best friend, his soul mate, and, and after the death of his great-uncle, lover. In , the duchy of Cornwall Charles, as the eldest son of the sovereign, is the Duke of Cornwall , purchased Highgrove House, near Tetbury in Gloucestershire, as a country home for the Prince of Wales.
Want to know even more about the real events from history that inspired the drama? Read more from the experts…. This relationship came to an end in early Lady Sarah and Charles were skiing at the Swiss resort Klosters when Sarah decided to have lunch with two British journalists. The Parker Bowles were also guests at the party. He added that the Prince of Wales was the guest of honour. They saw each other, on and off, for the next few months. In the first week of August , Charles invited her to join his party on the royal yacht, Britannia , for the sailboat races at Cowes on the Isle of Wight.
Yet, Charles had his doubts but as the media frenzy grew, his father, Prince Philip , took matters into his own hands. He sent his son a letter advising him that it was time to make a decision: propose to Diana or let her go.
Having thrown a birthday party for Camilla's sister at the Ritz in London, Camilla and Charles were photographed together for the first time as a couple. However, that all changed when the queen accepted an invitation to the King Constantine of Greece's 60th birthday party at Charles's residence, Highgrove.
Queen Elizabeth's agreeing to finally meet her son's partner was apparently a huge step forward for the royal family and for public relations. At an event for the National Osteoporosis Society at Somerset House in London, Charles and Camilla were photographed embracing and kissing, proving that their relationship was getting more serious.
Charles announced his engagement to Camilla in February , having lived with her at Clarence House from The ceremony was followed by an official blessing from the Archbishop of Canterbury at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. Though it's unclear if Camilla will become queen or queen consort when her husband ascends the throne, it is clear that the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall have come a long way since their very first meeting.
The Prince of Wales has since recovered, but both were forced to self-isolate after Charles contracted coronavirus. The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall celebrated 15 years of marriage in April , proving any naysayers wrong. The couple shared a new photo on Instagram for the occasion, as they posed at their Scottish estate of Birkhall with their two dogs.
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